Craig Robinson may not receive top billing in Zack and Miri Make a Porno - but the star of The Office is hilarious nonetheless.
In the following interview, the actor speaks on his role in the movie:
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USA Today has featured Seth Rogen, Kevin Smith and others associated with Zack and Miri Make a Porno in a long article. Guess a movie with that title draws a lot of mainstream attention.
For his part, Rogen commented on working with Smith, citing the influence the writer/director has had on his comedic career:
"In a lot of ways, our comedy comes from Kevin. I have often, and [Judd Apatow] has also, talked about how Clerks was one of the first movies showing guys talking how we talk. It seems very simple, but it was a revelation in many ways for guys who wanted to write comedy."
In Zack and Miri Make a Porno, lines must be practiced before clothes can come off.
The idea of Kevin Smith directing a movie called Zack and Miri Make a Porno is a perfect fit for most movie fans.
Below, Smith answers a question from ComingSoon.net about how he casted the comedy:
At what point did you decide you wanted to have [Seth Rogen] and [Elizabeth Banks] star in it?
I started writing the script with Seth in mind. It was written for Seth. I saw him in "40-Year-Old Virgin" on DVD, 'cause I didn't see it in theaters, 'cause we were making "Clerks II" at the time, and when I finally caught up with it on DVD, I was like, "This dude is genius!"
I like that movie a lot, and Carell's wonderful, but Rogen was the true star to me, and I was like, "This dude needs to be a leading man." So I started writing it and handed him the draft two weeks before "Knocked Up" opened, at which point I was like, "This dude is a leading man, like this guy's on billboards all over town." I was a little afraid we were not going to get him at that point.
When you add to that the fact that he can generate his own material, he certainly doesn't need anyone writing for him, but mercifully, he liked the script and jumped on it.
The stars came out for this week's premiere of Zack and Miri Make a Porno.
Here's video from the event:
Based on the cast and the premise, there's little doubt that Zack and Miri Make a Porno will be a hit.
But, rest assured, it actually deserves to be one.
The comedy's two stars, Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks, ensure the film is far more than a one-note waste. The jokes aren't all based around how many dirty words character can say.
Check out our full Zack and Miri Make a Porno review now.
Early photos, quotes and trailers make it look like Zack and Miri Make a Porno is a can't-miss comedy.
In an excerpt from a Kevin Smith interview with MoviesOnline, the director dishes on the upcoming movie:
How did you get the concept for Zack & Miri Make a Porno?
The concept has been swimming around in my head since we finished Chasing Amy because I wanted to do this – not this exact movie but a movie about amateurs making porn with Ben Affleck, Jason Lee and Joey Adams. But we never got around to doing it.
Elizabeth Banks and Seth Rogen are set to make us laugh in Zack and Miri Make a Porno.
We did Dogma first and then life just took us in different directions. Since late 96, early 97, it’s been kind of germinating and germinating and I never wanted to do a movie about the porn industry because Paul Thomas Anderson did a great job with Boogie Nights and why bother trying to do better than that. I was always really interested in the DIY porn, the people who were just like “I’m going to shoot myself having sex and throw it up on the internet either for money or just to be an exhibitionist.”
That I always found kind of interesting and then I just wanted to kind of meld it with a subject that’s always been interesting to me which is the difference between fucking and making love and that’s how it kind of came together.
Porn + Comedy = Hilarity!
Such is the concept behind Zack and Miri Make a Porno, this fall's surefire comedic hit. Director Kevin Smith recently chatted with MoviesOnline about the project...
How did you get the concept for Zack & Miri Make a Porno?
The concept has been swimming around in my head since we finished Chasing Amy because I wanted to do this – not this exact movie but a movie about amateurs making porn with Ben Affleck, Jason Lee and Joey Adams. But we never got around to doing it. We did Dogma first and then life just took us in different directions. Since late 96, early 97, it’s been kind of germinating and germinating and I never wanted to do a movie about the porn industry because Paul Thomas Anderson did a great job with Boogie Nights and why bother trying to do better than that.
I was always really interested in the DIY porn, the people who were just like “I’m going to shoot myself having sex and throw it up on the internet either for money or just to be an exhibitionist.” That I always found kind of interesting and then I just wanted to kind of meld it with a subject that’s always been interesting to me which is the difference between fucking and making love and that’s how it kind of came together.
Can you talk about your two leads who are essential to this movie?
That role was written for Seth Rogen. Seth Rogen was born to do many things and to play that role was definitely one of them. He was genius. I fell in love with him when I saw him in 40 Year Old Virgin on DVD. I was like “This dude has kind of a supporting role in this flick. I’m going to write this dude a lead role and he’s going to love me forever. And I’m going to turn him into a leading man.” I gave him the script two weeks before Knocked Up opened and I started seeing his face on billboards everywhere. I was like “Fuck! Judd Apatow beat me to the punch.
This is hilarious.
Remember how we told you that the original poster for Zack and Miri Make a Porno was censored in the United States?
Well, director Kevin Smith has come out with a revamped, innocent poster in response to that nonsense. Here it is:
Zack and Miri Make a Porno comes out on October 31.
At this week's Toronto Film Festival, Variety caught up with Kevin Smith.
In the following clip, Smith dishes on the submission of Zack and Miri Make a Porno to the MPAA. Check it out:
In case the Zack and Miri movie trailer wasn't enough of Kevin Smith's Zack and Miri Make a Porno for you, we just got our hands on a collection of Zack and Miri movie stills.
The following movie stills reveal some of this great ensemble cast outside the incredibly funny Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks. Take a look at some of the porn stars Smith signed up to play, well, porn stars in the movie.
Additionally Zack's friend Delaney will be played by one of our favorite actors from the office, Craig Robinson, and you can expect to see the Smith regulars including Jason Mewes and Jeff Anderson.
Now enjoy the following pictures and click on any thumbnails to enlarge.
